Coroners’ service reform review delaying inquests – BBC News
“Promised reforms to speed up coroners’ courts have been put on hold leaving many bereaved families waiting months or years for verdicts.”
BBC News, 12th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Celebrities use British laws regarded as toughest in the world – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s defamation laws are so tough that it is regarded as an international centre for ‘libel tourism’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court backs boy who rejected father – The Independent
“A schoolboy who was told by a judge that he must live with the father he claimed to hate yesterday succeeded in forcing the High Court to reverse its decision.”
The Independent, 12th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cocaine smuggler jailed for 20 years after drug-laced rum killed drinker – The Guardian
“A smuggler has been jailed for 20 years for the manslaughter of a taxi driver who died after unwittingly drinking a shot of rum from a bottle heavily laced with cocaine.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christian Wandsworth Council worker loses sacking claim – BBC News
“A housing official sacked after suggesting a woman with an incurable illness ‘put her faith in God’ has lost his legal challenge.”
BBC News, 11th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ken Clarke’s enthusiasm for cuts in the justice system comes at a high price – The Guardian
“The lord chancellor should be sticking up for his department. Our courts lie at the very heart of our democracy.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
CSC Media Group Ltd v Video Performance Ltd [2010] EWHC 2094 (Ch) (10 August 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Aedifice Partnership Ltd v Shah [2010] EWHC 2106 (TCC) (10 August 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010 published – Ministry of Justice
“Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules will come in to force on 4 October 2010.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th August 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Minor breaches of contract can combine to make major breach, rules Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“When consulting and IT firm Accenture made a number of small breaches of the terms of a contract this could add up to a major breach with potentially costly consequences, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAw.com, 11th August 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Three million in the queue for compensation over PPI mis-selling – The Guardian
“Nearly three million people who took out payment protection insurance (PPI) sold by banks and other lenders could be in line for compensation totalling more than £2bn after the Financial Services Authority today issued new rules on how firms should handle the flood of complaints over mis-selling.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Why are over-70s banned from jury duty? – BBC News
“It has been decreed that the ban on over-70s doing jury duty will remain. But many older people would welcome the opportunity.”
BBC News, 10th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nurse convicted of killing wife in Southport – BBC News
“A nurse who strangled his wife and tried to make it look as though she died in an accident has been found guilty of her murder.”
BBC News, 10th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ASA watchdog bans ‘offensive’ anti-terror hotline radio advert – The Guardian
“Britain’s eccentrics, recluses and misanthropes, you can relax. Ignoring neighbours and keeping your curtains permanently shut to the world outside might not win you many friends, but you’re no longer likely to be denounced as a possible terrorist.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hitman guilty of Surrey housewife murder – BBC News
“A hitman who flew to the UK from Thailand to kill a housewife in Surrey has been found guilty of murder.”
BBC News, 10th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stirland case coroner calls for witness reforms – BBC News
“Police should review witness protection protocols, a coroner has said in her report into the gangland killings of a Lincolnshire couple.”
BBC News, 10th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Letting over-70s serve on juries ‘would disrupt criminal trials’ – Daily Telegraph
“The Council of Circuit Judges, which represents more than 600 judges in England and Wales, said it had come to the ‘firm conclusion that there is no compelling case to alter the status quo’.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sion Jenkins compensation bid rejected – The Independent
“Former teacher Sion Jenkins was refused compensation for the six years he spent in prison before being acquitted of his foster daughter’s murder, it was reported today.”
The Independent, 10th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Gojra & Anor, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1939 (06 August 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lockheed Martin Corp v Willis Group Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 927 (30 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
